The Magazine of The Sierra Club
Getting Off Gas, Block by Block
Trying to electrify a home can be hard. What if we instead focused on liberating entire neighborhoods from their reliance on methane gas?
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Invasive Carp Are Surging in the Mississippi River. Will People and Pets Eat Them?
The US market for fish is a tough one
Our Transition to the Green Economy Does Not Need to Be Slow to Be Just and Equitable
We can have a sustainable economy and good jobs too
Tourism Can Wreck Local Communities and Ecosystems
Hawai'i has a plan that would encourage tourists to restore the land while contributing needed tourism dollars
Darkness Visible
A new dark-sky sanctuary in rural Oregon will help protect the sight of stars
The World's Most Famous Polar Bears Are Struggling to Adapt to Climate Change
Researchers say Churchill's polar bears are headed toward extinction if warming continues
Electric Big Rigs Are Poised to Revolutionize the Trucking Industry
A new generation of heavy haul vehicles will cut carbon pollution, clean up the air, and improve truckers' lives
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transportation
“Zone Zero” Mandates Near Completion for High Wildfire Risk Areas
In California, new rules are intended to create better defensible space
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wildfire
Indigenous-Led Tourism Alliances Are Taking Back Recreation on Their Land
They say that, done right, Indigenous tourism can also be a form of reconciliation
The Siting of an Offshore Wind Port Raises New Conflicts in Maine
Coastal residents are conflicted over the planned location of a facility that advocates say will help launch Maine's offshore wind industry
Kamala Harris’s Chicago Convention and Illinois’s Unique Place in Civil Rights History
This is what the "alpha and omega" of the movement looks like
In Praise of the Wilderness Act
On its 60th birthday, this landmark American conservation law is more valuable than ever
We're gonna live with water for the rest of our lives
A poem by Erika Meitner
Here’s How the New Old-Growth Amendment Could Put Forests at Risk
Conservation groups say federal agencies are missing an opportunity to save remaining old growth
Unauthorized Drones Are Making Wildfires More Destructive
An alarming trend, and confusing regulations, hamper firefighting efforts across the country
Climate Protesters Take on Wall Street
Hundreds of activists raise the heat on fossil fuel funders this summer
Beautiful Country Burn Again
The Park Fire, the Camp Fire, and the trauma of repeated climate disaster
